New Life Family Church | Burlington, IA, USA

Pastor Richard digs deeper (including definitions in Greek) on the subject of temptation. That Jesus suffered great temptation; temptation that far exceeds most of the things we are tempted with, and He overcame, therefore, so can we. Facing temptation requires humility, for if you face temptation with pride, you will eventually fall.

Pastor Richard continues on fighting temptation, that we may prosper in righteousness rather than succumb to sin in our lives. We are not free to sin, we are called to be free from sin. 

Pastor Richard shows us how to fight temptation like Jesus did when the enemy rose against Him. 

Pastor Richard shows us the greatest gift we can give to God, a renewed mind, that we would be transformed from one of the world, to one of God's children, who is not conformed to the world, but who walks by the Spirit, for the fruits of the Spirit are not things of the world, but things above.

Pastor Richard shows us that we are not called to things of this world, and that the things of this world bring death and destruction. We are instead, called to things above, to life and what is good, to what is true, honorable, just, pure, lovely, commendable, excellent, and worthy of praise. We are sons of God, and therefore, heirs to Christ Jesus who is these things, our example unto the Earth. Therefore, choose Life!

Pastor Richard shows us how setting your mind on the flesh is death, and setting your mind on the Spirit is life. We are called to life everlasting, and everything that is good. We need to be in a place to receive everything God has for us, by being and doing what He has called us to.

Pastor Richard calls us to be who God created us to be; to walk in our identity in Christ and walk boldly in it, for the identity given to us by God is far superior and reigns above any name given to us by the world.

Pastor Richard shows us what God says about our identity. Our identity does not come from the world, nor people. We need to let the world's labels and definitions fall off of us because we are called to something higher. Don't trade God's words for those of people and principalities and powers.

Pastor Richard talked about how we need to find our identity. Pastor Richard also talked about how our outer self is wasting away and our inner self is being renewed day by day.

Pastor Richard continues on how you identify God changes your identity. If you don't believe that what God says is best, then you find it acceptable to be something else. This is how we can get very off-track from the narrow difficult path that we are called to.